Starting device for internal-combustion engines.



E. F. CONNOR 6:; J. C. WINANS.

STARTING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 30 1909.

. 83,190. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

' npMoNn oonnon'a vzo JONATHAN c. WINANS, or WALIDRON, MICHIGAN.

STARTING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES. v

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913;

Application filed November 30, 1909. Serial No. 530,605.

To all whom/"it may concern:

Be it known thatwe, EDMOND F. CONNOR and JONATHAN C. WINANS, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Waldron, in the county of Hill sdale and State ,of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Starting Devices for Internal-Combustion Engines, of which the following is-a specification.

This invention relates to an improved starting device for explosive or internal combustion engines; and it has particular reference to a starting device adapted to deliver the charge of explosive mixture to the cylinders'independent-ly of the action of the pistons. 1 V p i The device of they present invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with four or six-cylinder explosive engines for automobiles, motor vehicles and the like, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a simple and improved means whereby the' engine may be started by the operator without leaving his seat. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a device. of simple and improved construction, whereby the cylinders may be' charged or primed ready for the spark without opening or closing the intake or exhaust valves of the cylinders.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of simple and improved construction, whereby air may be drawn through the carbureter of a gasolene engine and the explosive mixture forced through special pipes and valves to the cylinders, while the pistons of the engine are at rest.

Still further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of'a device of the character outlined above;

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement aaueomtifiatian of parts which will be hereinafter fully describeda-nd particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however,understood that no limitation isnecessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a four cylinder engine equipped with the invention, showing 'the same arranged with relation to the dash board of a motor vehicle, said dash board being shown 1n section. Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of the pump used in connection with the invention and certain parts connected therewith. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of a needle valve adapted to be used in connection with the invention.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The cylinders C of the engine are mounted in suitable relationto the main shaft D carrying the fly wheel E, and suitably connected with the casing of each cylinder is a valve casing 5 in which operates a needle valve 6, best seen in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the stem of said needle valve being provided adjacent to its outer endwith a lever 7. Spring-actuated rods 8' are connected with the levers 7, each of said rods being guided through. the dash board F, and each of said rods being provided with a push button 9, .whereby it may be pressed against the tensionof the actuating spring 10 for the purpose of opening the valve 6 connected therewith.

11 designates the cylinder of a suitable pump having a piston 12, the stem of which, 13, is guided through a packing box 14, said stem being connected by a link 15 with a hand lever 16 'fulcrumed upon or adjacent to the dash board F, and whereby the pump may be actuated. A pipe 17 having a check valve 18 connects the pump cylinder 11 with the carbureter G. Another pipe 19 equipped with a check valve 20 connects the pum cyl inder with a T 21 having a plurality o nipples 22, each of said nipples being connected by a pipe 23 with a valve casing 5 upon one of the cylinders. The number ofnipples upon the T is coincident with the number of cylinders equipped with the valye casings 5, and it will be readily seen'that by manipulating the lever to actuate the pump, explosive mixture may be forced'into the cylinders whichare thus primed or charged. The admission of the explosive mixture to the cylinders is obviously capable of being regulated by the needle valves, and the operator is enabled to so control said valves that the explosive mixture may be admitted to any one or more of the cylinders.

ventipn will be readily understood from the than one cylinder, "the priming of several cylinders may be simultaneously effected by pressing two or more buttons of the spring actuated valve controlling rods simultaneously while operating the pump,

By this device it will be seen that an explosive engine may be started without necessity for the objectionable preliminary crankmg The device is simple in construction and capable of being installed uponengines of ordinary construction at a moderate expense. 1 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

-In an explosive engine the combination of a plurality of cylinders disposed in a-linement, a plurality of valve casings mounted in alinement upon said cylinders, a carbureter extendlng below said cylinders, a T- shaped casing being laterally connected to the upper end of said carbureter and having its stem pointing downward, a boxvhke 0 frame disposed adjacent said cylinders, a rotary valve mounted in each valve casing, an exteriorly disposed crank carried by each of said rotary valves, a rod pivotally connected to each of said cranks by each of said rotary valves, a rod pivotally connected to each of said cranks and passing through said frame, push-buttons mounted on the free ends of said rods, springs arranged to oppose the movement of said rods, a pump cylinder interposed between said frame and said cylinders, a piston in said pump cylinder, arod on said piston projecting into said frame, a hand lever fulcrumed in said boxlike frame and engaging said piston rod to reciprocate said piston, apipe connecting said pump casing with the extended portion of said carbureter, and a pipe connecting each of said valve casings with said T- shaped casing, said lever projecting above said push-buttons. V V

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures inpresence of two witnesses.

EDMOND F. CONNOR. JONATHAN O. vVINANS.

NitnoSses CHAS. C. CASE, GUY SMITH.

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